eyeglasses News Archive

04-May-2008

 

  • Camden Lions see globally with eyeglass campaign (Camden Herald)
    CAMDEN ? The Camden Lions Club had a first-hand look, recently, at how their organization?s eyeglasses recycling program benefits people in need in other countries, and it has been proposed that the Club help fund eye-care programs in a community in Columbia for one year.


  • Dallas Holocaust Museum relics preserve memories of atrocities (Dallas Morning News)
    The items are haunting. Tangles of empty frames of eyeglasses snatched from people's faces. Gold-plated wedding rings stripped of their jewels. Black-and-white photos showing piles of bodies in boxcars at concentration camps.


  • Health Experts Step Up Debate Over Safety Of Plastics (The Morning News)
    WASHINGTON - When people say plastics are everywhere, they really mean everywhere: in the containers that hold your food; in the pipes that carry your water; in the bottles you use to feed your infant; in window frames, shower curtains and raincoats; in eyeglasses and safety helmets; in phones or keyboards. They're in clothing; they're in toys; they're in bandages, lipstick and nail polish.


  • Lions collecting old eyeglasses (Port Clinton News Herald)
    During the month of May, the Port Clinton Lions Club will be collecting used prescription eyeglasses and prescription and non-prescription sunglasses as part of a unique recycling program.


  • Necessity, not politics, ruled '08 session (Miami Herald)
    A souring economy and a worrisome election year forced Florida's Republican-led Legislature to moderate its politics in the session that ended Friday because it had no other choice.


  • New drop off box for glasses (Morris Daily Herald)
    Morris Lion Keith Larson and Morris Library Director Pam Wilson are shown standing by the Morris Lions' new drop box for used eyeglasses and hearing aids. The box is located at the front of the Morris Library and is available 24/7. The eyeglasses and hearing aids collected will be distributed to needy persons to make their quality of life better. (Photo provided)


  • State donates glasses to area Lions Clubs (Lake County Journals)
    Eyeglasses forgotten at airports across the state now will improve the vision of people around the world.


  • Curtis: Eat less, move more (Mount Vernon News)
    GAMBIER ? Jamie Lee Curtis took the stage in Kenyon College?s Gund Commons on Friday, tanned, svelte, bare-legged and clad in a proverbial and sleeveless little black dress and a white macraméd sweater. The performer, wearing a pair of trendy eyeglasses and her gray hair stylishly short, was in her element: In front of a rapt audience of women, talking about taking good care of oneself.


  • Lions Club to collect glasses for the needy (Marin Independent Journal)
    The San Geronimo Valley Lions Club will collect eyeglasses and sunglasses for its Recycle for Sight program throughout May.


  • Man held in rape a suspect in other assaults (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
    A South Jersey man charged Thursday night with sexual assault is under investigation in two recent, similar attacks on area women, authorities said.


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